Confession of

Avec Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi …
Hong-Kong, ville obscure et cruelle. L'inspecteur chevronné Hei est exposé en permanence à l'horreur et à la mort. Lorsque son beau-père est assassiné, il contacte son ex-partenaire Bong devenu détective privé. Mais celui-ci réalise vite combien les apparences sont trompeuses. Le crime est aussi monstrueux que parfait : les indices l'amènent sur une piste insoupçonnée déclenchant une périlleuse chasse à l'homme.

“Confession of Pain” is the new, much hyped thriller from dynamic directing duo Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, best known for their work on the “Infernal Affairs” series. Unfortunately, the film has not fared too well at the hands of critics, though arguably this has been down not only to overly high hopes, but to the fact that the film, shrouded in secrecy for most of its production, had a great deal of its plot revealed before release, either through the press or though its cast, with actress Xu Jinglei annoyingly letting slip vital details regarding her character. Thankfully, the film remains highly enjoyable even for viewers forearmed with knowledge of its various twists and turns, and although uneven, it certainly provides enough in the way of thrills, spills and unlikely laughs to grab the attention.

In the 1910s and '20s, during the golden age of the big top, Mabel Stark was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, and one of America's most eccentric celebrities. A tiny, curvaceous Kentucky blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous, and suicidally courageous. The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is Robert Hough's brilliant, highly acclaimed novelization of her fantastic life. It is a brilliant, exhilarating story of an America before television and movies, when the spectacle of the circus reigned and an unlikely woman captured the public imagination with her singular charm and audacity.

The Confession of Sultana Daku is a 2009 historical novel by Sujit Saraf.